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Vincent Ekow Arkorful

Vincent Ekow Arkorful is an interdisciplinary researcher whose research interests have in the recent years cut across a reasonable spectrum of areas including, but not limited to public administration and development studies, notably in the areas of health policy and politics, social protection, territorial governance, social inclusion, technology policy, development sustainability, ecological innovation, as well as state-society relations among others, with a regional focus on transitioning countries in Africa and sometimes, Asia. His research employs social science and behavioral paradigms as a pathway to illuminate, while furthering understanding of the intersection between development and policies. My research, entailing traditional articles, book chapters, book reviews, and opinion, have been published in Energy Policy, Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, Current Psychology, Health Communication, Journal of Public Administration,Environmental Planning and Management Journal,Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Technology in Society, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Science, Technology and Society, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.

Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-TW&user=DRJvy-8AAAAJ

Publications

  • Abdul-Rahaman, N., Arkorful, V.E., Iddrisu, I. Arkorful., J., V., (2025).. Towards eco-friendly mining: forging an understanding of artisanal small scale gold mining firms’ mercury-free mining behavior: a serial mediation-moderation analysis with evidence from Ghana. Environ Dev Sustain (2025). Environ Dev Sustain, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-025-05972-4.
  • Arkorful, V. E. (2022). Unravelling electricity theft whistleblowing antecedents using the theory of planned behavior and norm activation model. Energy Policy, 160, 112680.
  • Arkorful, V. E. (2023). New Public Management in Africa Contemporary Issues, Studies of Public Sector Management in Africa Series: Edited by Robert E. Hinson, Nnamdi Madichie, Ogechi Adeola, Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Isaiah Adisa, and Kwame Asamoah Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, 2021, 331 pp., EUR 129.99 (paperback) ISBN 978-3-030-77180-5.
  • Arkorful, V. E. (2024). Book review: Noah L. Nathan, The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland.
  • Arkorful, V. E. (2024). Book review: Sabine Kuhlmann, Benoît Paul Dumas and Moritz Heuberger (Eds.), The Capacity of Local Governments in Europe: Autonomy, Responsibilities and Reforms.
  • Arkorful, V. E., & Lugu, B. K. (2023). Political Party “Footsoldierism” and “Vigilantism”: An Empirical Study. In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (pp. 9655-9672). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  • Arkorful, V. E., Abdul-Rahaman, N., & Arkorful, V. A. (2024). Determinants of citizens’ willingness to participate in environmental governance–An empirical study. Current Psychology, 43(3), 2859-2874.
  • Arkorful, V. E., Anokye, R., Basiru, I., Hammond, A., Mohammed, S., & Micah, V. B. (2020). Social protection policy or a political largesse: disability fund efficacy assessment and roadblocks to Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Public Administration, 43(15), 1271-1281.
  • Arkorful, V. E., Kweku Lugu, B., Shuliang, Z., & Mamley Charway, S. (2024). Investigating COVID-19 vaccine uptake intention using an integrated model of protection motivation theory and an extended version of the theory of planned behavior. Health Communication, 39(5), 998-1011.
  • Arkorful, V. E., Lugu, B. K., & Shuliang, Z. (2021). Unearthing mask waste separation behavior in COVID-19 pandemic period: An empirical evidence from Ghana using an integrated theory of planned behavior and norm activation model. Current Psychology, 1-16.
  • Arkorful, V. E., Lugu, B. K., & Shuliang, Z. (2023). Predicting Health Insurance Policy Subscription Intention: An Empirical Study. Social Work in Public Health, 38(4), 281-297.
  • Arkorful, V. E., Mohamed, A. A., Jama, O., Pokuaah, S., Basiru, I., Hammond, A., ... & Latif, A. (2020). Caregivers of mentally ill patients: a cross-sectional need-based assessment of social workers in post-conflict somalia. Practice, 32(1), 21-41.
  • Arkorful, V. E., Shuliang, Z., & Lugu, B. K. (2023). Investigating household waste separation behavior: The salience of an integrated norm activation model and the theory of planned behavior. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 66(10), 2195-2221.
  • Basiru, I., Xu, Y., Arkorful, V. E., Lugu, B. K., & Ibrahim, A. H. (2024). Energy efficiency labels and urban residents’ intention to purchase energy-efficient household appliances: an empirical study based on the theory of planned behavior. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 1-16.
  • Jianxun, C., Arkorful, V. E., & Shuliang, Z. (2021). Electronic health records adoption: Do institutional pressures and organizational culture matter?. Technology in Society, 65, 101531.
  • Zhao, S., Teng, L., Arkorful, V. E., & Hu, H. (2023). Impacts of digital government on regional eco-innovation: moderating role of dual environmental regulations. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 196, 122842.
  • Zhao, S., Teng, L., Arkorful, V. E., & Hu, H. (2023). Impacts of digital government on regional eco-innovation: moderating role of dual environmental regulations. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 196, 122842.
  • Zhao, S., Wang, J., Ji, J., & Ekow, A. V. (2024). Proximity or alienation? Can knowledge type influence the relationship between proximity and enterprise innovation performance?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 202, 123314.
  • Zhao, S., Wang, Z., & Arkorful, V. E. Political network embeddedness and ecological innovation: Do absorptive capacity and dynamic capability have any influence?. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.
  • Zhu, D., Zhu, H., & Arkorful, V. E. (2024). Institutional Pressure and Eco-innovation: The Moderating Role of Environmental Uncertainty. Science, Technology and Society, 29(1), 160-182.
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